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Academic Administration Assistant

Pennant Hills, New South Wales 2120, Australia • Full-time
AI Job Summary
  • Hold a post-secondary qualification.
  • 2+ years administration experience and 2+ years customer service experience.
  • Experience with a learning management system, particularly Moodle (strongly preferred).

Role Type

On-site • Permanent • Full-time • Qualified

Description

  • A permanent, full-time position with free onsite parking and close to public transport
  • Work as part of a team to fulfill the day-to-day administration of the Academic Schools
  • Be an integral part of Excelsia’s life-transforming global Christian learning community

 About the Role

Reporting to the Academic Administration Manager, primary responsibilities are to:

  • Provide the academic staff with administrative support
  • Coordinate administrative projects to ensure the smooth operation of the Schools
  • Provide exceptional customer service to staff and students as the first point of contact for the Schools
  • Maintain and update course and student information in Excelsia’s learning management system (Moodle)
  • Support casual academic staffing allocations for the Schools for each study period
  • Compile student academic information and submit reports for academic processes
  • Provide secretarial services to various committees including document preparation and minute taking
  • Serve as a team player and share best practice across student experience, system upkeep, organisation, and planning

Selection Criteria

Qualifications and Professional Standing:

  • Hold a post-secondary qualification
  • Working experience, 2+ years in an administration role
  • Working experience in a customer service role

Essential:

  • Committed Christian, involved in a local congregation
  • Experience in business administration and/customer service
  • Proven organisational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritise, and meet deadlines
  • Must have acute attention to detail and high level of accuracy
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Must be able to work independently
  • Must uphold ethical integrity while performing duties of a sensitive nature including calculating student grades, and maintaining confidentiality of personal details
  • Familiarity with Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
  • Experience with a learning management system, particularly Moodle is strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work appropriately with students, faculty, and administrators, independently as well as in a busy team environment
  • A commitment to lifelong learning
  • Knowledge of and ability to apply equal opportunity principles and work health and safety principles in the workplace
  • Full Australian Working Rights

 

About Us

Excelsia University College was founded in 1983 as Australia’s first Christian arts college and, together with Indiana Wesleyan University, we are part of a global Christian learning community with big plans to take Christian higher education to the next level in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Excelsia Benefits

  • Maximise your “take home” income through our Salary Packaging scheme
  • Enjoy flexible and family friendly policies, providing generous leave and working conditions
  • Experience working in a culturally rich environment, with opportunities to engage in spiritual devotions
  • Upskill with our substantial tuition discount to eligible staff and their immediate families to study Excelsia courses
  • Our employees have access to earned wages, the ability to save before you’re paid, financial education and much more

Learn more about why Excelsia is Great Place to Work ® Certified and why our staff love working at Excelsia here: https://greatplacetowork.com.au/companies/excelsia-college/

 

How to Apply

If you meet the above criteria, you have a great opportunity to join our Christian community. Please provide your application with resume and covering letter addressing the position criteria via work@excelsia.edu.au. If you have any queries regarding the position or application process, please contact us via the above email address.

 

Excelsia University College is a smoke free campus.

Company Overview

Excelsia contributes to making a better world through active participation in a life-transforming global Christian learning community.